archiveDecember 5, 2019

The Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC) has fixed Jan. 25, 2020 to conduct 28 outstanding court-ordered re-run elections in 12 states. The commission announced this in a statement issued by Mr Festus Okoye,  National Commissioner and Chairman, Information and Voter Education Committee on Thursday in Abuja. Okoye said that the...

  A United Kingdom court on Thursday dismissed the application by some leaders of Ejamah Ebubu community in Ogoniland to register the judgement of a Nigerian Federal High Court in the country for enforcement. Claimants had applied to register the judgement to enforce a N183 billion judgment sum, which they...

    Dr. Olisa Agbakoba SAN has, in a letter to President Buhari, dated 5th December 2019, proposed a new development model called Cooperative Federalism. He believes Cooperative Federalism and Economic Transformation if well executed will be accepted by all Nigerians who simply want a good life; good health care,...

The Senate on Thursday made history with the passage of N10.59 trillion budget for the year 2020 in keeping with its major legislative agenda of returning the country’s budget cycle to a more predictable one as well as stabilizing the economy. The passage of the annual 2020 budget before the...

  The Nigerian Stock Exchange (NSE) on Thursday extended its losing streak to four consecutive trading days with the All-Share Index declining by 0.09 per cent. Specifically, the index shed 24.88 points or 0.09 per cent to close at 26,913.70 compared with 26,938.58 on Wednesday. Also, the market capitalisation lost...

Wednesday’s humiliation at Liverpool proved the final chapter in his 19-month spell at Goodison Everton have parted company with manager Marco Silva after a 5-2 defeat at Liverpool saw them tumble into the relegation zone. According to Everton News, Silva, 42, leaves Goodison Park 19 months after his arrival, having...

  The State Security Service (SSS) on Thursday night released Mr Omoyele Sowore, publisher of Sahara Reporters in compliance with the order of the court on Thursday morning. Sowore was arrested on August 3 for planning a series of protests to demand good governance. Sowore first met his bail on...

The Senate has urged the Inspector-General of Police (IGP) Mohammed Adamu to reduce the number of checkpoints on federal highways in the country. This, according to the Senate, had become necessary to reduce the gridlock on the roads. The resolutions were reached following the consideration of a motion by Sen....

The Ekiti State University, Ado Ekiti (EKSU) has announced the sacking of over 600 workers who were allegedly recruited between 2016 and 2018 during the administration of Mr Ayodele Fayose as governor of the state. During the period in question, the former spokesman of the Senate, Prince Dayo Adeyeye was...

  The Centre for Information Technology and Development (CITAD) has said it tracked and documented a total of 387 Hate and dangerous speech instances on Facebook and Twitter handles across the country in November. Hamza Ibrahim, CITAD Coordinator, Countering Hate Speech Project, disclosed this at a Post-Gubernatorial Election Press briefing...